The gondoliers, or, The king of Barataria [sound recording] / Gilbert [libretto] & Sullivan [music].
Material type: MusicPublisher number: S2K 58895 | Sony Classical58896 | Sony Classical58897 | Sony ClassicalPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Sony Classical, p1991.Description: 2 audio discs (96 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:- King of Barataria
- Gondoliers
- M1500.S92 G6 1991
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Music & Sound Recordings | Nash Library Music Pocket Library Vinyl & CD Carts | CD 286 (1-2) | Available | 33710001165294 |
Sony Classical: S2K 58895.
Opera in 2 acts ; sung in English.
"This recording is based on a new production by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company which opened March 7, 1991, at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham"--Container.
Compact discs.
Program notes and synopsis in container.
Forms part of: David Lewis Crosby Collection. WU
Disc 1. Overture (5:37) -- List and learn (3:13) -- Good morrow, pretty maids (1:17) -- For the merriest fellows are we (2:01) -- Buon giorno, signorine (2:19) -- We're called gondolieri (2:04) -- And now to choose our brides (1:45) -- My papa, he keeps three horses (1:14) -- Thank you, gallant gondolieri (2:22) -- From the sunny Spanish shore (1:47) -- In the enterprise of martial kind (1:38) -- O rapture, when alone together (2:07) -- There was a time, a time forever gone (3:39) -- I stole the prince, and I brought him here (2:16) -- But bless my heart (1:01) -- Try we life long (2:08) -- Bridegroom and bride (0:55) -- When a merry maiden marries (3:23) -- Kind sir, you cannot have the heart (3:36) -- Then one of us will be a queen (3:32) -- For ev'ry one who feels inclined (3:23) -- Now, Marco dear, my wishes hear (3:32) -- Then away they go to an island fair (2:29) -- Disc 2. Oh happiness the very pith in Barataria (2:07) -- Rising early in the morning (3:25) -- Take a pair of sparkling eyes (3:18) -- Here we are, at the risk of our lives (1:27) -- Dance a cachucha (1:50) -- There lived a king (3:25) -- In a contemplative fashion (2:24) -- With ducal pomp and ducal pride (1:50) -- On the day when I was wedded (2:46) -- To help unhappy commoners (3:46) -- I am a courtier grave and serious (4:01) -- Here is a case unprecedented (2:29) -- Now let the loyal lieges gather round (2:48) -- This statement we receive (1:33) -- Once more gondolieri (1:32).
Jill Pert ; Richard Suart ; Elizabeth Woollett ; additional soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera ; John Pryce-Jones, conductor.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, June 23-27, 1991.